{STEADYING SIGH}
Anyway, I want to get back to writing. I know which story
wants to get written. It involves the Widow Mere, her children, and a tsunami.
So now I’m researching tsunami. Living in Hilo, I’m around tsunami stories a
lot. Dad even has one; he outran the April Fool’s Tsunami (April 1, 1946) as a
teenager right here in Hilo. (I remember
my friend saying she thought you couldn’t outrun a tsunami when I mentioned
that in an email. Well, you can’t if you give it a fair start, but Dad wasn’t
stupid enough to do that. He had at least a mile’s head start, and didn’t even
hang around long enough to figure out how much more he might or might not have
had. {Smile})
Unfortunately Dad’s story will only go so far with my story.
He’s given me permission to base a story line on his experiences, but they only
fit one of the six storylines I need. So I’m looking further afield. So far, I’ve
found:
NONFICTION:
Dudley, Walter C. and Min Lee. 1998. Tsunami!
2d ed. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.
FICTION:
Buck, Pearl S. 1986. The Big Wave. New
York: HarperTrophy.
Fredericks, Anthony D. 2007. The Tsunami
Quilt. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press.
Salisbury, Graham. 2007. Night of the Howling
Dogs. New York: Random House.
No, it’s not a long list. At least I own all except the Pearl
Buck, and I’ve ordered that through the public library.
Unfortunately, the Fredericks and Salisbury aren’t
applicable like Dad’s story, and Walt Dudley’s co-author summarized things a
bit too succinctly. (Walt’s a former co-worker of Dad’s, hence the nickname. I
think he’d be shocked if I used his full first name, and not in a good way.
{wink, GRIN}
Remembering how much help I got when
I asked for recommendations of books with
handicapped heroines, I thought I’d ask if anyone knew of some good
books, TV shows, movies, etc. involving tsunami. I figure it’s worth a try.
{SMILE}
Anne Elizabeth Baldwin
